Toy call box



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INVENTOR. F: 14 VIAHNEH A TTORNEY.

Patented 30,

FRED W SWAB ER, or'nnnvnmcono imno, ssreNoR or omzmwroa evxx E3 TOY-CALL 30x i Original application filed oet'ober s, 1925, Serial no;6133a" r tentma 1,693,128,?datd.Novembemm,

192s. Divided [a d this application filed,

This invention relates to toys and its primary object is to provide a miniature call box of the type found at street corners of towns and citiestosignalthe occurrence of a fire or other calamity to a' fireor police station. I l r p p p Anotherobject is to provide a toy call :box

equipped with mechanism for the operation of a distant movabletelement such as, the- "-l' doors of a toy fire-house.

. Another ,object'fi s," to provide .a toy call 'box of the above stated character in com} bination. with an element capable of being moved by the operation'thereof, i

" A further 'ob'ect'is to provide in asse ciation with ,a toy. call box, a gong or other alarn actuated by its operating mechanism, and still, other objects reside in details of construction," asshown :in I the accompanying drawings. i

The present application is divisional T1. I I v v A extending vfrom the base oftheptadestahis i my Patent No. 1,693,128, issued the 27th day of November, 1 1928.

In the drawings ln the several views 0f,

Figure 3, a front vlew of the upper porparts -have been similarly" tion of the same, looking inthe' direction of the arrow A in Figure 2," and. v p b Figure 4, an enlarged fragmentary seotion on the line 4-4, Figure 3, showing the con 7 struction ofthe alarm-sounding element of the box.' y V- The call box as shown, comprises a box 5 supported on a pedestal 6. The box has a door 7 closing'the front thereofand the pedestal has a weighted base-or foot .8 for' its support on a floor or table. The door has a latch 9 to lock it in its, closed position.

The stem 10 of the pedestal may be made of a piece of tubing inserted in asocket of J the base. This socket is preferably j profiflvided by'an angular passage,the upright 'cord ll5fl that extendsthrough the tubular" November19, 1928. SerialiNo.;-3:20,2&0. V when) 12! 5f whieh opens injthe icenter of the base. at the top; thereof and i the .horizont'a'libran ch -1{3 oi which extends-along the undersurfacefof lthe base, and opens. at

asidethereof. 1

A smallpulleyil et is rotatably 'mountediat thepoint of! intersection of the two branches ofthe passage, for'theguidancebf a,pull

stenrlintothelbOx. s Y p i1 Mounted inside thejbox by; means of a horizontal spindle 1 16 1 is La pulley .17 that a pp f sli he vppe 'po fip ec z1 which at its'en'd is provided with a handle 18 :to facilitate' its tmanipulation. j

' J ,At'ia side I of the .box is -a;gong.1 9 and i clapperf2os fulcrumedirat (21', is engaged by,

a ,projecting. :trip onethe 4 shaft; of the pul ey 1 n e m s ns ,Whn th .P1

leyl is zfrotated byimeans iotthe fpull cord, 3 7

, ,The end offthe portion Qof zithei pull cord connected. with some movable devicesuch as the latch bar 23 of the spring-pressed doors -24 ofsa toy, fir'el house 25, shown intth drawings.

,'When .this tar Helpline outwardly, a; i

doors are .rel eased, ,thereby permitting the a cord28.

.In using theto the pull cord. J t

.- When afi re station' suchlas the] drawings, is used in connection with the call box,the two elements may be'placed in v connesting rooms or atiopposi'te endsjof along,

passage so that two children lmay'take active parts in the' 'operation, ioneof them, for ex-} amplefac'tingf as 'afi policeman who, upon discovery} of the fire, ,pulls" the lcall" box,

while :the' 'other takes the"'parft of the cap f :1

tain: of the fire companywho superintends the rdeparture'gof the firej engine .from the station fi H 17 y, ialarm box. placed 35 tltasdistance from the actnated elementythe j distancei'being-vdeterminedbyithe length'of,

The child at the call box, opens the door and moves the cord 15 by a downward pull on the handle 18. The movement of the cord opens the doors of the fire house and sounds the gong 27, as hereinbefore explained, and the rotation of the shaft of the pulley 17 in the call box, sounds the gong 19 by actuation of its clapper through the instrumentality of the trip on the shaft.

What I claim and desire to secure by Let ters Patent is:

1. A toy call-box for the operation of a toy fire-house at a distant point, comprising a portable stand having a foot for its loose support in an operative condition on a surface, an element adapted for the operation of an actuated part of the toy fire-house, means on the stand for the operative support of the element, and an alarm operatively associated with said means.

2. A toy call-box for the operation of a toy fire-house at a distant point, comprising a portable stand having a "foot for its loose support in an operative condition on a surface, an element for the operation of an ac tuated part of the toy fire-house, including means for its connection with said part, means on the stand for the operative support of the element, and an alarm operatively associated with the element.

3. A toy call-box for the operation of a toy fire-house at a distant point, comprising a portable stand having a foot for its loose support in an operative condition on a surface, and a pull-cord operatively supported by the stand, and means on the pull-cord for its connection with an actuated part of the toy firehouse.

4. A toy call-box :tor the operation of a toy fire-house at a distant point, comprising a portable stand having a foot for its loose support in an operative condition on a surface, a pulley at the foot of the stand, a second pulley on the stand above the other, a pull cord supported by the pulleys for lengthwise motion, and having means for its connection with an actuated part of the fire-house, an alarm on the stand, and means associated with one of the pulleys for sounding the alarm by movementthereof.

5. A toy call-box for the operation of a toy fire-house at a distant point, comprising a portable stand having a foot for its loose support in an operative condition on a sur face, and including a pedestal and a doorclosed box on the pedestal, a pull-cord hav ing means for its connection with an actuated partof the fire-house, means in the box for the operation of the pull-cord, and a pulley at the foot of the pedestal to guide the pull-cord in a lengthwise movement.

. 6. A toy call-box for the operation of'a toy fire-house at a distant point, comprising aportable stand having a foot for its loose support in an operative condition on a sursignature.

FRED W. WARNER. 

